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Streator man faces up to 3 years for abusing dog · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Streeter Man faces up to three years for abusing dog.
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  Written by Tom Collins, This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by everlett A. Streeter
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  Man faces up to three years in prison if convicted
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  of sexually abusing a dog. Daniel A. Mcnean, thirty five,
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  was taken into custody Wednesday and awaits a first appearance
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  Thursday in LaSalle County Circuit Court. He is charged with
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  six counts of sexual contact with an animal, a class
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  four felony carrying one to three years, though the law
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  provides for alternate sentencing options. Besides prison, court records allege
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  six specific acts to have occurred between May ninth and
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  May fourteenth. The dog, prosecutor said was not seriously injured.
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  LaSalle County State's Attorney Joe Navarro said Wednesday that Illinois
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  Supreme Court rules restrict him from commenting on specifics of
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  mcnean case. However, Navarro said he's practice law for forty
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  two years and the only comparable cases he's handled were
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  charges stemming from illegal dogfights and cock fighting, but nothing
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  involving this type of conduct at all. Navarro said. Notably,
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  the alleged acts were video recorded. That information came not
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  from the criminal records, but instead from an order of
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  protection filed May fourteenth against mcmeehan by a Streeter woman.
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  The petitioner, who asked to have mcmean barred from any
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  contact with her pets, said a video camera picked up
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  mcmean engaged in activities recorded late May thirteenth or early
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  May fourteenth. The petitioner disclosed in her court filing. She
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  alerted Streeter police on May fourteenth and submitted the video
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  footage for police review. Mcnean appeared on Wednesday for a
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  hearing on the order of protection. He advised Leasal County
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  Judge Karen C. Eiten that he wishes to contest the
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  order of protection but has not yet secured legal counsel.
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  He also set an open court that he was aware
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  of pending criminal charges. Heighten granted a temporary order of
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  protection until July one. Mcmhan was immediately taken into custody
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  on the animal abuse charges.